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Publisher:
Gotham

464 pages

Product Description

<b>Cartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of <i>Just My Type </i>reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map.</b><div> </div><div> </div><div> Simon Garfield’s <i>Just My Type </i>illuminated the world of fonts and made everyone take a stand on Comic Sans and care about kerning. Now Garfield takes on a subject even dearer to our fanatical human hearts: maps.</div><div> </div><div> Imagine a world without maps. How would we travel? Could we own land? What would men and women argue about in cars? Scientists have even suggested that mappingnot languageis what elevated our prehistoric ancestors from ape-dom. Follow the history of maps from the early explorers’ maps and the awe-inspiring medieval Mappa Mundi to Google Maps and the satellite renderings on our smartphones, Garfield explores the unique way that maps relate and realign our historyand reflect the best and worst of what makes us human.</div><div> </div><div> Featuring a foreword by Dava Sobel and packed with fascinating tales of cartographic intrigue, outsize personalities, and amusing pocket maps” on an array of subjects from how to fold a map to the strangest maps on the Internet, <i>On the Map </i>is a rich historical tapestry infused with Garfield’s signature narrative flair. Map-obsessives and everyone who loved <i>Just My Type </i>will be lining up to join Garfield on his audacious journey through time and around the globe.</div><div> </div>